Pear Honey or Pear Butter? Both are very nice.

Add a few apples to make apple/pear sauce? I like this very much. A little vanilla would still not be amiss---or some cinnamon.

Z

Thank you both so much. I added a little cinnamon and cooked the pears down, then mushed them with a potato masher leaving some 1/4 inch or so pieces. Love it as much as applesauce. Wish I had more pears so I could make more - I'd try a little vanilla in them. Do you think adding a vanilla bean to your sugar so you have vanilla sugar to use in recipes would be good enough for the preserves, sauces, etc.?

gosh, bcksye, while I've combined applesauce with all kinds of other fruits (my absolute fave is apple/blackberry), somehow I never though of canning pear puree on its own! But why not? Sounds lovely.

Don't know if vanilla sugar would transfer enough flavour to suit. If you try it, let us know!

I know some recipes call for cooking a vanilla bean with the sauce or whatever, then removing it before canning. And I've canned fruit in syrup with a little piece of vanilla bean (and maybe a few cloves) in each for a lightly spiced result that also looks impressively Gourmet Authentic for gift-giving.... ;-)

Z